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Re: How good IQ on the V1?
In reply to SunnyFlorida,
3 months ago
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SunnyFlorida wrote:
MikeSE25 wrote:
However, the V1 is small & light and has a x2.7 crop factor. If I buy a 300mm f4 plus TC14 I have an 800mm f4 or 1100mm f5.6, costing £1400 and weighing around 2300gr. The DX equiv would be around £7000 and 4500gr (and admittedly better IQ) which is why I bought the V1 - it great for shooting birds & small wildlife.
All those numbers look real sexy on paper, but real life is a diferent story. I wish they were true, so I can just attach my 50mm F/1.4 to my 20x crop cel phone sensor to get a 1,000mm F/1.4 FOV.
I beleive that with the FT1 the VR function of the lens doesn't work, the active tracking doesn't work and the 11 AF-zones don't work, only the center focus sensor works. Additionally at 1,100 mm you will need a shutter speed of at least 1/1500 sec to prevent vibration blur. which means a high ISO probably 1,600 or above unless you are shooting at high noon with lots of bright sunlight.
It is a lower cost alternative, heck I'd probably use it myself, just don't expect images to be close in IQ to a DX sensor
It was Thom Hogan who suggested using a Nikon 1 + FT-1 for shooting wildlife. He has used the V1 fairly extensively and believes this is a viable option.
I will mostly use a tripod - a good one - so VR will be off most of the time, (although the FT-1 does support VR) and a therefore a higher shutter speed should not be necessary. Certainly you are right that only centre focus works, but that is not a worry to me.
You are also right about tracking, it is reduced with the FT-1, however I have seen some pretty good BIF shots taken even so.
I still believe that IQ is most critical for large printing and pixel peeping., and that the IQ of the V1 is pretty good.
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